Restricted Lender means a Lender that fails to approve an amendment, waiver or consent requested by the Loan Parties pursuant to Section 10.01 that has received the written approval of not less than the Required Lenders but also requires the approval of such Lender.
Permitted Investor means collectively, Energy Capital Partners III, LP, Energy Capital Partners III-A, LP, Energy Capital Partners III-B, LP, Energy Capital Partners III-C, LP, Energy Capital Partners-D, LP, Quantum Strategic Partners and each of their Permitted Transferees (as defined in the Investors Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2018, by and among the Parent and the other signatories thereto).
Designated Bank means any bank designated by Lender as a Designated Bank, but only for as long as Lender has an agreement under which Lender receives Depository Benefits from that bank.
Permitted Investors the collective reference to the Sponsor and its Control Investment Affiliates.
Regulated Bank means an Approved Commercial Bank that is (i) a U.S. depository institution the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (ii) a corporation organized under section 25A of the U.S. Federal Reserve Act of 1913; (iii) a branch, agency or commercial lending company of a foreign bank operating pursuant to approval by and under the supervision of the Board of Governors under 12 CFR part 211; (iv) a non-U.S. branch of a foreign bank managed and controlled by a U.S. branch referred to in clause (iii); or (v) any other U.S. or non-U.S. depository institution or any branch, agency or similar office thereof supervised by a bank regulatory authority in any jurisdiction.
Permitted Investment means an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in:
Qualified Lender means a lender approved by the federal department of housing and urban development to enter into a loan insured by the federal government under 12 USC 1715z−20.
Permitted Existing Contingent Obligations means the Contingent Obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries identified as such on Schedule 1.1.4 to this Agreement.
Collateral Fund Permitted Investments Either (i) obligations of, or obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, (ii) a money market fund rated in the highest rating category by a nationally recognized rating agency selected by the Company, (iii) cash, (iv) mortgage pass-through certificates issued or guaranteed by Government National Mortgage Association, FNMA or FHLMC, (v) commercial paper (including both non-interest-bearing discount obligations and interest-bearing obligations payable on demand or on a specified date), the issuer of which may be an affiliate of the Company, having at the time of such investment a rating of at least A-1 by Standard and Poor's ("S&P") or at least F-1 by Fitch IBCA, Inc. ("Fitch") or (vi) demand and time deposits in, certificates of deposit of, any depository institution or trust company (which may be an affiliate of the Company) incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal and/or state banking authorities, so long as at the time of such investment either (x) the long-term debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company have a rating of at least AA by Fitch or S&P, (y) the certificate of deposit or other unsecured short-term debt obligations of such depository institution or trust company have a rating of at least F-1 by Fitch or A-1 by S&P or (z) the depository institution or trust company is one that is acceptable to either Fitch or S&P and, for each of the preceding clauses (i), (iv), (v) and (vi), the maturity thereof shall be not later than the earlier to occur of (A) 30 days from the date of the related investment and (B) the next succeeding Distribution Date as defined in the related Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
Permitted Obligations mean (i) nonspeculative Hedging Obligations of any Person and its Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with such Person’s established risk management policies that are designed to protect such Person against, among other things, fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates and which in the case of agreements relating to interest rates shall have a notional amount no greater than the payments due with respect to the applicable obligations being hedged and (ii) Commodity Trading Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, such transactions shall be considered nonspeculative if undertaken in conformance with FE’s Corporate Risk Management Policy then in effect, as approved by FE’s Audit Committee, together with the Approved Business Unit Risk Management Policies referenced thereunder.
Permitted Junior Debt means any Permitted Junior Notes and any Permitted Junior Loans.
Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt means any secured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes or senior secured loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature prior to the Maturity Date of the Refinanced Debt and such Indebtedness shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is not shorter than the Refinanced Debt, (iv) to the extent applicable, the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as the Security Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (v) no Restricted Subsidiary guarantees such Indebtedness unless it is a Subsidiary Guarantor (or becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor substantially concurrently with the incurrence of such Indebtedness); provided that, if, at any time, such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to be a Guarantor, it shall not guarantee such Indebtedness, (vi) the other terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (excluding pricing, fees, rate floors, premiums, optional prepayment or optional redemption provisions) reflect market terms and conditions at the time of incurrence and issuance; provided, that, to the extent such terms and documentation are not substantially identical to the Indebtedness being refinanced, (x) such terms (taken as a whole) shall be less favorable to the providers of such Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt than those applicable to the Indebtedness being refinanced, except, in each case, for financial or other covenants or other provisions contained in such Indebtedness that are applicable only after the then Latest Maturity Date, or (y) such documentation shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (vii) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to a Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and the Administrative Agent shall have become a party to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement (or any then-existing Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement shall have been amended or replaced in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which results in such Senior Representative having rights to share in the Collateral as provided in clause (i) above). Permitted First Priority Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
Disqualified Lender means (i) any Person identified in writing by the Borrower or the Sponsor to the Administrative Agent on or prior to May 4, 2017, (ii) any other Person identified by name in writing to the Administrative Agent after May 4, 2017 to the extent such Person is or becomes a competitor of the Borrower or its subsidiaries and (iii) any Affiliate of any Person referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above that is clearly identifiable on the basis of its name; provided that a “competitor” or an Affiliate of any Person referred to in clauses (i) or (ii) above shall not include any Bona Fide Debt Fund or investment vehicle that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business which is managed, sponsored or advised by any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such competitor or Affiliate, as applicable, and for which no personnel involved with the investment of such competitor or Affiliate thereof, as applicable, (i) makes any investment decisions or (ii) has access to any information (other than information that is publicly available) relating to the Loan Parties or any entity that forms a part of the Loan Parties’ business (including their subsidiaries); provided, further, that (x) no Affiliate of an Initial Lender shall be designated a Disqualified Lender, (y) the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility for monitoring compliance with any provisions of this Agreement with respect to Disqualified Lenders and (z) updates to the Disqualified Lender list shall not retroactively invalidate or otherwise affect any (A) assignments or participations made to, (B) any trades entered into with or (C) information provided to, any Person before it was designated as a Disqualified Lender. It is acknowledged and agreed by the Borrower that the Administrative Agent shall be permitted to disclose to any Lender upon such Lender’s request whether any potential assignee or participant is a Disqualified Lenders.
Permitted Loan shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).
Qualified Bank means a U.S. commercial bank or the U.S. branch office of a foreign bank, in either case, having (x) assets on its most recent audited balance sheet of at least $10,000,000,000 and (y) a rating for its senior long-term unsecured debt obligations of at least (A) “A-” by S&P and “A3” by Moody’s, if such entity is rated by both S&P and Moody’s or (B) “A-” by S&P or “A3” by Moody’s, if such entity is rated by either S&P or Moody’s but not both.
Ineligible Institution has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
Permitted Loans means:
Permitted Receivables Financing means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which it sells, conveys or contributes to capital or otherwise transfers (which sale, conveyance, contribution to capital or transfer may include or be supported by the grant of a security interest in) Receivables or interests therein and all collateral securing such Receivables, all contracts and contract rights, purchase orders, security interests, financing statements or other documentation in respect of such Receivables, any guarantees, indemnities, warranties or other obligations in respect of such Receivables, any other assets that are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving receivables similar to such Receivables and any collections or proceeds of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Related Assets”), all of which such sales, conveyances, contributions to capital or transfers shall be made by the transferor for fair value as reasonably determined by the Borrower (calculated in a manner typical for such transactions including a fair market discount from the face value of such Receivables) (a) to a trust, partnership, corporation or other Person (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than any Receivables Financing Subsidiary), which transfer is funded in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by the incurrence or issuance by the transferee or any successor transferee of Indebtedness, fractional undivided interests or other securities that are to receive payments from, or that represent interests in, the cash flow derived from such Receivables and Related Assets or interests in such Receivables and Related Assets, or (b) directly to one or more investors or other purchasers (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary), it being understood that a Permitted Receivables Financing may involve (i) one or more sequential transfers or pledges of the same Receivables and Related Assets, or interests therein (such as a sale, conveyance or other transfer to any Receivables Financing Subsidiary followed by a pledge of the transferred Receivables and Related Assets to secure Indebtedness incurred by the Receivables Financing Subsidiary), and all such transfers, pledges and Indebtedness incurrences shall be part of and constitute a single Permitted Receivables Financing, and (ii) periodic transfers or pledges of Receivables and/or revolving transactions in which new Receivables and Related Assets, or interests therein, are transferred or pledged upon collection of previously transferred or pledged Receivables and Related Assets, or interests therein, provided that any such transactions shall provide for recourse to such Subsidiary (other than any Receivables Financing Subsidiary) or the Borrower (as applicable) only in respect of the cash flows in respect of such Receivables and Related Assets and to the extent of breaches of representations and warranties relating to the Receivables, dilution of the Receivables, customary indemnities and other customary securitization undertakings in the jurisdiction relevant to such transactions.
Permitted Joint Venture Investment means, with respect to an Investment by any specified Person, an Investment by such specified Person in any other Person engaged in a Permitted Business (a) over which the specified Person is responsible (either directly or through a services agreement) for day-to-day operations or otherwise has operational and managerial control of such other Person, or veto power over significant management decisions affecting such other Person and (b) of which at least 30% of the outstanding Equity Interests of such other Person is at the time owned directly or indirectly by the specified Person.
Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt means secured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of second lien (or other junior lien) secured notes or debentures or second lien (or other junior lien) secured loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by all or a portion of the Collateral on a second priority (or other junior priority) basis to the Liens securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” (provided that such Indebtedness may be secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”), (iii) the holders of such Indebtedness (or their representative) and the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent shall be party to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement, and (iv) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors.
Permitted Existing Investments means the Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries identified as such on Schedule 1.1.2 to this Agreement.
Eligible Institution Any of the following:
Other Permitted Indebtedness means (a) accrued expenses and current trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business which are not overdue for a period of more than 90 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money) arising in connection with transactions in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business in connection with its securities transactions, derivatives transactions, reverse repurchase agreements or dollar rolls to the extent such transactions are permitted under the Investment Company Act and the Borrower’s Investment Policies (after giving effect to any Permitted Policy Amendments), provided that such Indebtedness does not arise in connection with the purchase of Portfolio Investments other than Cash Equivalents and U.S. Government Securities and (c) Indebtedness in respect of judgments or awards that have been in force for less than the applicable period for taking an appeal so long as such judgments or awards do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (l) of Article VII.
Permitted Investments means:
Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness means, as of any date of determination, Purchase Money Indebtedness incurred after the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not in excess of $1,000,000.
Permitted Asset Swap means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of assets used or useful in a Similar Business or a combination of such assets and cash, Cash Equivalents between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received in excess of the value of any cash or Cash Equivalents sold or exchanged must be applied in accordance with Section 3.5 hereof.